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03186aam a22003978i 4500 001 348F3E64346E11EB831ACDE824ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201202011540 008 200221s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020007250 020 $a 1984826697 020 $a 9781984826695 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ja--- 050 00 $a HD9993.T693 $b J325 2020 082 00 $a 306.30952 $2 23 100 1 $a Alt, Matt, $e author. 245 10 $a Pure invention : $b how Japan's pop culture conquered the world / $c Matt Alt. 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York : $b Crown, $c [2020] 263 $a 2006 300 $a 352 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured-and transformed-the world's imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super-kawaii. But as Japanese media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation of Tokyo's pop-fantasy complex, we don't know the half of it. Japan's toys, gadgets, and fantasy worlds didn't merely entertain. They profoundly transformed the way we live. In the 1970s and '80s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, soaring on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota while the West struggled to catch up. Then a catastrophic 1990 stock-market crash ushered in the "lost decades" of deep recession and social dysfunction. The end of the boom times should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that's precisely when its cultural clout soared-when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of us. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and entertainment empires like PokeÌmon and Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and dizzyingly fun, these products made Japan the forge of the world's fantasies, and gave us new tools for coping with trying times. They also transformed us as we consumed them-connecting as well as isolating us in new ways, opening vistas of imagination and pathways to revolution. Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japanese ingenuity remade global culture and may have created modern life as we know it. It's Japan's world; we're just gaming, texting, singing, and dreaming in it"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Toy industry $z Japan $x History. 650 0 $a Electronic games industry $z Japan $x History. 650 0 $a Amusements $z Japan $x History. 651 0 $a Japan $x Civilization $y 1945- 776 08 $i Online version: $a Alt, Matt. $t Pure invention $d New York : Crown, [2020] $z 9781984826701 $w (DLC) 2020007251 941 $a 4 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014441.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221004015742.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406014352.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201202012017.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=348F3E64346E11EB831ACDE824ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search